A suspect of Kim Kardashian’s jewelry robbery will assume his guilt in the trial in Paris

One of the suspects of armed robbery to Kim Kardashian He said he plans to assume responsibility for his role in the high -profile theft of 2016 and will apologize in the Court when the trial begins Monday in Paris.

Yunice Abbas71, who has publicly recognized his participation in the robbery, is among the 10 suspects that face charges that include armed hand and kidnapping.

“I will apologize,” Abbas declared The Associated Press. “I say it with all sincerity. “

Kardashian, 44, is expected to testify in person at the trial, scheduled for May 23. In interviews and in the reality show of his family, he has described the terror he felt when some thieves pointed it with a gun to steal jewelry valued in millions of dollars in an apartment where he stayed during the Paris fashion week. He said he thought they were going to rape and kill.

Abbas claimed to have watched the reception on the ground floor, making sure the escape route was clear. He said he was unarmed and did not personally threaten Kardashian, but recognized his responsibility in crime.

He was arrested in January 2017 and spent 21 months in prison before being released under judicial supervision. In 2021, he was co -author of a French book entitled “Kim Kardashian”.

Tied with plastic cables and tape

In his testimony to the researchers, Kardashian described how two men broke into his bedroom, they pointed him with a gun and asked for his ring. He said they tied it with plastic cables and adhesive tape while the intruders were looking for jewelryincluding your ring of commitmentvalued in millions of dollars.

In an appearance in David Letterman’s Netflix program in 2020, he recalled tears in tears: “This is the time they will rape me. I wonder: ‘What’s happening? Are we going to die? Just tell them that I have children. I have babies, I have a husband, I have a family ‘”.

She told the researchers that the men took her to the bathroom before fleeing and she managed to free himself.

The janitor of the residence, retained at gunpoint and forced to lead the thieves to their apartment, also suffered a psychological impact.

The researchers found ABBAS DNA in the plastic flanges used to tie the hands of the janitor.

When Kardashian suffered on the trauma, Abbas said, “It’s true, I didn’t think about it. I recognize it because I did not mistreat her personally … I didn’t blame me for it, and yet I am also responsible.

Stolen jewels valued at 6 million dollars

According to Abbas, minutes after the raid began, his accomplices got out of Kardashian apartment and handed him a jewelry bag.

While fleeing from the place by bicycle, he saw a patrol car, but the agents had not yet noticed the robbery. Abbas said that while he was bicycle, the bag with the jewels hooked on the front wheel and fell to the ground, spilling the content. “I picked up the jewels and left,” he said.

The next morning, a passerby found a cross with diamonds embedded in the street and handed it to the police. That was the only jewel of the robbery that recovered.

French justice estimated that stolen objects had a total value of 6 million dollars.

Abbas said that I didn’t know Kardashian’s identity at the time of theft.

“They told me about a famous person, a rapper’s wife. That was all the information he had,” he said. “Until the next morning, when I heard about the influencer on television. It was then that I understood who it was.”

He said that he will detail his role during the trial, which will be carried out with jury, a procedure in France reserved for the most serious crimes, but will not denounce his accomplices.

“I am just an outsider. I am not the one who planned the case. I assume my part of responsibility,” he said.

Most suspects have denied their participation, except for Abbas and another man whose DNA was also found in the scene.

FBI participation

Thierry Niemen, the co -author journalist of Abbas’ book, said Abbas approached him because he wanted to “tell his own truth” amid what he considered inaccurate or sensational stories.

The book also revealed details of the investigation, including how the FBI helped the French police identify the ABBAS DNA even though it had gloves.

“This is an exceptional case,” said Niemen. “That the FBI supervises an investigation in French territory is already exceptional.” Kardashian was then the largest influencer in the world and the case was the most popular issue in social networks in 2016, Niemen emphasized.

Abbas profits from the book have been frozen waiting for the trial.

Kardashian’s lawyer, Michael Rhodes, has said that the reality show shows and businesswoman wants the trial “to develop in an orderly manner in accordance with French law and with respect for all parts of the case.”